Broom.



No. 794,332. PATENTED JULY 11, 1905x C. T. ADAIR.

BROOM.

APPLIUATION FILED mm2. 1905.

Patented July Ill, 1905i.

PATENT EETCE.

CHARLES T. ADAlR, OF ADAI'R, GEORGIA.

BROOIVI.

SPECIFICATION Olming part of Letters Patent NO. 794,332, dated July 11,1905.

Application filed March 2, 1905. Serial No. 248,077.

T0 all when?, it 'ma/y concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES T. ADAm, a citizen of the United States,residing at Adair, in the county of Murray and State of Georgia, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Brooms, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention pertains to brooms; and it consists in the peculiar andadvantageous construction hereinafter described, and particularlypointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying; drawings, forming part of this specilication,Figure 'l is a front elevation of the broom constituting the present andpreferred embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of thebroom. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are horizontal sections taken in the planesindicated by the lines 8 3, 4 4, and 5 5, respectively, of Fig. l. Fig.6 is a detail section taken in the plane indicated by the line 6 6 ofFig. 2. and illustrating the hook of the broom.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of thel views ofthe drawings.

Referring to the drawings, A is the stick or handle of the novel broom.

B is the straw, and C is the head for hold.- ing the straw andconnecting the same to the stick or handle.

The head C in the present and preferred embodiment of my inventioncomprises a socket a, of sheet metal or other suitable material, fixedon the lower portion of the stick A, arms I), of galvanized wire orother suitable material, connected by a wire` wrapping c to the stick ata point slightly above the socket t and having eyes d and also havingdepending portions e, terminating' in inwardlyextending portions f, U-shaped side members g, of galvanized wire or other suitable material,arranged at opposite sides of the socket a and having hooks /t at theirends engaging the eyes Z of the arms Z), a link z, preferably ofgalvanized wire, connecting the lower portions of the members g anddisposed at one edge of the straw B, and a hook fm, pivotally connectedto the lower portion of one member g and arranged to be detachablyengaged with the lower portion of the other member g after the mannerbest shown in Fig. 6. The said head also preferably comprises bars p,which are disposed at opposite sides of the socket a andare connected tothe upwardly-extending portions of the U- sliaped members g, as bestshown in Fig. Lof the drawings.

ln assembling the parts of my improved broom the `hook fm, is disengagedfrom one of the U-shaped members g, when, as will be readily observed,one side of one member r/ may be moved away from the corresponding sideof the other member r/ Vith this done the mass of straw B may be readilypassed upwardly between the members g and into the socket e, after whichthe hook m is reengaged with the first-mentioned member g.

As a result of this it willbe seen that the members f/ will beheld underpressure against opposite sides of the mass of straw and will securelyhold the upper portion of the said mass in the socket a, and henceagainst lateral spreading'. 1t will also be observed that the memberswill hold the inwardly-extending portions f of the depending portions eon arms 7) against opposite sides of the mass of straw, and therebyenable said portions f to assist in the retention of thc straw in thesocket a. The portions c serve as fenders to protect the opposite edgesof the broom when the same is struck` against any object. From theforegoing it follows that when the mass of straw in thc'broom is worn tosuch an extent as to be useless the said. mass may be readily removedfrom the head and as readily replaced with a new mass of straw, and thiswithout the employment of skilled labor or tools of any description.

Having described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. In a broom, the combination of a stick, a mass of straw, and a headcomprising a socket arranged on the stick and open at its lower end soas to receive the upper portion of the mass of straw, arms connected tothe stick above the socket and having eyes, U- shaped members pivotallyconnected with the eyes ofthe arms and disposed at opposite sides of themass of straw, a link arranged at one: edge of the mass of straw andconnectl OO ing the U-shaped members, and a hook arranged at theopposite edge of the mass of straw and pivotally Connected to oneU-shaped member and adapted to be swung into and out of engagement withthe other U-shaped member'.

2. In a broom, the combination of a stick, a mass of straw, and a headeomprisinga socket arranged on the stiel( and open at its lower end soas to receive the upper portion of the mass of straw, arms connected tothe stick above the socket and having eyes and also having dependingportions terminating in inwardly-directed portions, U-shaped memberspivotally connected with the eyes of the arms and disposed outside ofthe inwardly-directed portions on the depending portions of the CHARLEST. ADAIR.

Witnesses:

C. C. HOWELL, C. A. HOWELL.

